Automobile signal



June 5, 1923.

J. F. HUGHES AUTMOBILE SIGNAL Fledjune 28 1922 ffetented June 5, 1923. y

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' .-iALU'lOMGBILELSIGNAL.

To all whom t may conce/rfa:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a-new and useful Improvement in Automobile Signals; land I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, inn Fig. 1. a side View of an automobile signal constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 an end View ofthe same.

Fig. 3 a Vertical sectional View on `an'enlarged scale. y

Fig. 4 a sectional View on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 a sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 a side View, partly broken away, of

v the signal tube, detached.

Fig. 7 a top View of the same.

Fig. 8 a side View, partly broken away, of a lamp-supporting frame.'

Fig. 9 a top View of the same.

This invention relates to improvement in automobile signals, the objectbeing to pro- `vide a signal which will indicate to a traffic officer whether or not the car is ruiming with the consent of the owner; whether it is supposed to be parked, or whether it is supposed,

to be in the garage, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter de- Y concentric stud 15 of which engages with a bolt 16 adapted to engage with one of three locking recesses 17 in the casing. Prefer-v ably, tlie plug 13 will be formedv with a.

flange 18` extending downward .below` the bolt 16. Within the casing is a sleeve 19 resting on the bottom 12 and formed on its upper end with notches'20 to receive fingers 21 at the inner end of the plug 13, so that, when the plug is turned,y the sleeve 19 will formed from glass, or other transparent material, and is divided into three faces,--o,neV

face, 22, being clear and bears a registration number; another face, 23, is red, and another face, 24, is blue, orany other contrast- 1 i ing color. f

It 1s obviousthat if desired the -tube "19 may be made up of threesegmental mem-` be turned with it. This sleeveis preferably' i I the tube is a shell l25 supporting face through the slot 11, and locks the tube i in this position. This indicates toany trafiic oliicer that the car is supposed to be parked, and. not running lwith the owners consent; or, in case the car has vbeen placed in a face, thus indicating at once that the car is ksupposed to be inthe garage.

Thus, 4at a glance, a trafHcv ofiicer can de# termine whether a car is being run with the consent of the owner; whether it is a car that is supposed to be parked, or whether it is acar that is supposed-to be in the garage, v and this is accomplished-in a ysimple manner by means readily operated, but ydim-r` cult of vfelonious manipulation.

I claim:`

garage,thetube is turned to expose its red f 1. An automobile signal comprising a tuf y bular casing formed with'a sight-opening,a

ltube within said casing, and having dierential faces, a plug mounted in the top of the casing and interlocked with said tube, and means for locking the plug with said casing.

2. An automobile signal comprising a tul* bular casing formed with a sight-opening, a tube within said casing and formed with a plurality of differential-faces, a plug closing lthe upper end of the casing and interlockedl with said tube, key-operated means mounted 1 i l and electric l y in said plug and adapted to lock .the plug against rotation in the casing lights mounted within said tube. v f

3. An auto'mobile'signal comprising a'tubular casting open at one end, closed at the opposite end and formed with a sight-opening, a tube mounted in said casing for rotation therein and provided with differential ln testimony Wliereoiil have signed this specication 1n the presence of two suosciibV 10 ing Witnesses.

JAMES F. HUGHES.

Witnesses:

OLIVE A. PEASE, PETER DIETRICH. 

